>>I think I do KISS and use "Cut". If somebody is annoyed he might complain (And provide the translation). It's not may dutty to translate technical terms. Its customers.....
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>>Agnes
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>I think it is referred to as mechanical shearing or metal shearing...

Hm, the result is always that the pipe is parted. It makes some differnece if you grind, burn, saw or cut (to the material structure around the "cut")

Just to be curious:

Do you cut or shear with a knife? In my (german) understanding I could use "cut" with both, but not "shear" with a knife.

I mean the technical process, the result would be, at least to me, a cut.

Agnes